I’m looking for some mystery/thriller book or author suggestions similar to Lisa Jewell. So, let me start by telling you what I like about Lisa Jewell:
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I like the British setting. I don’t know what it is about it, but as an American, the charming little villages and british cultural tidbits is just so much more appealing to me as a setting. I also tend to do a combination of listening to the audio book and reading physically, and I like the British narrators.
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I like third person perspective. First person really cheapens books for me, particularly thrillers, for whatever reason.
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I hate cheap nonsensical twists. I like that Lisa’s books tend to meander, twist and turn without one singular “out of left field” twist… for the most part.
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I love how lushly she paints the setting, the characters, their inner thoughts and perceptions. She just really seems to have her finger on the pulse of the human experience.
I just read the death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware and really enjoyed it. That is probably the closest a book has come to Lisa Jewell for me.
Some authors I have read from who I did NOT like: Freida McFadden, Robyn Harding, Lucinda Berry, Mary Kubica
by Fiddleleaffiggirl